chrislauinger77 / gnome-shell-extension-headsetcontrol

Gnome Shell Extension to visualize headset status from HeadsetControl command line tool

gnome-shell-extension-HeadsetControl

Gnome Shell Extension to visualize headset status from HeadsetControl (https://github.com/Sapd/HeadsetControl) command line tool

GNOME43+

GNOME 42

Inspired by https://github.com/centic9/headset-charge-indicator/

Building HeadsetControl

Follow the instructions at https://github.com/Sapd/HeadsetControl/ for building the binary and note down the path to it.

You can test the helper application manually via headsetcontrol -b, this should print the current battery level to the console if your headset is supported.

Make sure you have gnome-icon-theme package installed.

1 click install from E.G.O:

Download latest release

1. Download the zip file from the release page
2. The md5 and sig files can be used to verify the integrity of the zip file
3. Unzip and run install.sh from the zip

Install from source

Use the main branch.

git clone https://github.com/ChrisLauinger77/gnome-shell-extension-HeadsetControl.git
cd gnome-shell-extension-HeadsetControl.git
./install.sh

Now restart gnome-shell.

Development

Pull requests are welcome.

To update the translation files run ./update-translation-po-files.sh in the extensions directory after your code changes are finished. This will update the files in po folder. Then poedit (https://poedit.net/download) can be used to translate the strings. poedit can also be used to create new localization files.

Debugging

Logging can be enabled in settings. Afterwards open a console and type:

journalctl -f -o cat

You will see now the output in the console when you try to show the quicksettings.

Fedora has a package for "headsetcontrol" which seems to be outdated. (see #14)

Using the github version until Fedora updates the package is recommended.

✨️ Contributors

gnome-shell-extension-headsetcontrol's Issues

Detect changes in settings and apply them automatically

currently changes in settings are applied when extension is disabled and enabled again.
changes should be applied automatically without disable/enable

Weird behaviour of menu button

I saw something like this:

And when I click on that button then it moves:

It's repairing itself when I close menu and open it again, but this is kinda annoying.

check for capabilities and reflect them in the dropdown

hide the entries in the menu when the capabilites are not given by headsetcontrol -?
battery
chat-mix
sidetone
LED
inactive time

quicksettings instead of systemindicator for gnome 43+

keep current solution for gnome 42
for gnome 43 - use quick-settings entry instead of system indicator

Charge Indication not working

Hi,

I am facing the problem, that the charging level is not showing :/

My system: Fedora Workstation 38 (Gnome 44)

headsetcontroll is installed:

The command is working fine:

And I have set the correct command in the extension settings:

And I added the udev rules as far as I know

Does anyone have an idea why it is not working?

Include supported brands in the description

It took me some searching on the web but I'm glad I found this awesome extension. The first thing I did, if there was an extension for my headset, was a search for "steelseries" on Gnome Extensions. I got no results. If you include supported device brands in the description, more people can find this easier IMO.